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Associate Professor Aung Ko Win, MBBS, MPH, PhD, is a Principal Research Fellow and the Deputy Head of the Colorectal Cancer Unit within the Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, and the University of Melbourne Centre for Cancer Research at the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre. He is a Career Development Fellow (Clinical CDF-1) of the National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia. He is the Graduate Research Training Coordinator of the University of Melbourne’s Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics. He also has an Honorary Research position in the Genetic Medicine and Familial Cancer Clinics at Royal Melbourne Hospital. Dr Win leads a range of colorectal cancer-related projects as a Principal Investigator of the International MUTYH Consortium (IMC), a Chief Investigator of the International Mismatch Repair Consortium (IMRC) and a key investigator of the NIH-funded Colon Cancer Family Registry (CCFR). Aiming to achieve personalised risk assessment of colorectal cancer for optimising targeted prevention and treatment (Precision Health), his research focuses on: determining age-specific cancer risk (penetrance) and risk factors for disease (modifiers) for people with inherited genetic predispositions; investigating risk factors specific to tumour subtypes; and predicting disease risk based on a wide range of personal, genetic and environmental factors. His main research areas include Lynch syndrome, MUTYH-associated polyposis, serrated polyposis, and young-adult colorectal cancer. Dr Win has achieved several prominent awards throughout his career, including the Winner of 2013 Premier’s Award for Health and Medical Research, and the inaugural 2017 University of Melbourne Award for Excellence in Team-based Research Programs. Read more at orcid.org/0000-0002-2794-5261, scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=36187539800 or researcherid.com/rid/J-6204-2015.

Additional Grant Information

Co-Investigator on the US National Institutes of Health U01 grant for Colon Cancer Family Registry Cohort (U01 CA167551-07, total $12.0 million, 2018-22); Co-Investigator on the US National Institutes of Health R01 grant for the development of a colorectal cancer risk prediction model (R01 CA170122, total $1.1 million, 2012-15); Associate Investigator on the NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence for optimising screening for colorectal cancer (APP1042021, total $2.5 million, 2012-17).

Awards

Education and training

G.C.U.T.,
University of Melbourne 2016

Ph.D.,
University of Melbourne 2014

M.P.H.,
University of Melbourne 2009

M.B., B.S.,
Institute of Medicine (2) 2004

Awards and honors

University of Melbourne Centre for Cancer Research Travel Grant, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences,
2018

Award for Excellence in Team-Based Research Programs, The University of Melbourne,
2017

Team Award for Excellence in Research Achievements, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health,
2016

Scholar-in-Training Award, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR),
2016

Chancellor's Prize for Excellence in the PhD Thesis, The University of Melbourne,
2015

Head of School Award for Excellence in Doctoral Research, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health,
2015